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Re:JP Morgan economists warn climate crisis is threat to hum... by chrisco255 on Friday February 21, 2020 @10:03PM (#22389124)
Fresh water will never run out. Specific regions on the planet will experience drought or floods from time to time but that's the way it's always been. Meanwhile look to Israel and how they've managed to build desalinization plants efficiently and now they have an abundance of fresh water where they used to have very little. Crop yields are up (more than 100% in past few decades), so arable land doesn't appear to be a problem.

I can't reply to below response but no, desalination has gotten much cheaper:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/israel-proves-the...

They use lava rocks and some membranes to filter the salt out.

And no, we don't control the rain.

Re:JP Morgan economists warn climate crisis is threat to hum... by triceratops on Friday February 21, 2020 @10:08PM (#22389147)
> Specific regions on the planet will experience drought or floods

And you don't think it's a problem that entirely preventable human activities are causing this? How would you feel if you lived in a drought-stricken region? The Indian subcontinent is one such region. Historically, and cumulatively, the people living there haven't contributed very much to climate change. But they're the ones that will pay a price for it.

> Meanwhile look to Israel and how they've managed to build desalinization plants efficiently

Desalinization requires a lot of energy and is capital-intensive. Even if it's cheaper than it used to be, it's not cheaper than taking fresh water out of a lake or reservoir, treating it, and piping it. Why should poor countries pay a "desal tax" for a problem they didn't cause?

Are you proposing for developed countries to fund desal plants for developing countries as compensation for causing climate change?

What you're saying is "It's not a problem for me. Tough luck if it is for you".